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for positive support for people with MS...just positive support....We have enough to be down about so lets help each other up....

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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

RiS
RiS

I'm 62, diagnosed 1/18/99 when tested because I complained about my foot dragging. No big deal right? Wrong! 19 years later I now have PPMS-WTF! I cannot walk and my left side is paralized from 3 mini-strokes. So trying to keep upbeat riding around in my power wheelchair. I have my mind, my four senses, and bodily functions. What else will be taken from me?











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lorrieonline
lorrieonline
I'm so sorry you're feeling down with this awful disorder. A friend of mine had 5 strokes (he's 80) and was told he'd never walk again. He's been walking since I've known him with the help of a cane. He's continually working to help with his right arm and be able to flex his fingers again. Optimistic friends always have all the answers but I think they forget.... it's really, really CHALLENGING/DIFFICULT to work on this stuff. Not to mention staying upbeat!! Helps to have positive reinforcement though. Always here for you, my friend. ♥

Another friend had a brain tumor and her doctor did not want to operate. Her choices were an early death from doing nothing or forcing her doctor to go ahead with the surgery. She is the first to ever survive such an operation. She went from teaching herself to walk again, with help from physical therapy as well. She had handrails installed in her home, on the steps (3) to the front door. She's an artist and couldn't paint with her right hand. She began to teach herself to paint left handed, had to crawl through her home, and I could go on. I find her story encouraging, and I hope it's somewhat encouraging for you too. This is Linda and my dear friend, Tom in a very short interview about miraculous recovery. (The screenplay for her movie was one I edited.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCOgxjaCN0&index=7& list=PLE22D249B5D107AA3
Hope this is encouraging.

And this is one to make you smile and laugh. Lyp sync by the Norfolk Police (and Fire) Departments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEy928c-0yA
:)♥
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